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Going back as far as 1604, King James I of England had the following to say about smoking: A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to th
by qwph 18y ago
Going back as far as 1604, King James I of England had the following to say about smoking:
A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomlesse.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/james1.html http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/james1.html
- kingkongrevenge 18y agoJames was also an evil fascist. Hitler hated smoking. See the pattern?
- qwph 18y agoStalin didn't hate smoking... http://briarfiles.blogspot.com/2008/06/featured-pipe-smoker-joseph-stalin.html http://briarfiles.blogspot.com/2008/06/featured-pipe-smoker-...
- eru 18y ago"Scholars agree that, in addition to being a teetotaler and a non-smoker, Adolf Hitler practiced some form of vegetarianism." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_of_Adolf_Hitler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_of_Adolf_Hitler) Just for historical curiousity. I do not want to start a debate about the Nazis.
- pchristensen 18y agoGodwin'd!